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W. D. REDRUP Sept. 2 1924.

GOAL CHU'I'E Filed April 6. 1923 INVENTUH patented Sept. 2, 1924.

UNITED STlhlES HIU NIIN UN, IEINIUEANA, .EN'GTUN, INDIANA, A COHPURA'IIUN Uh INDIANA.

'WILLIAMI ID. REDR'UTP, Ola" PANY, O1 HUN;

CUAL GH'U'TE.

Application filed April G, 1923.

To all whom '51; may concern:

lie it known that I, VVILLI'AM D. ltnnnor, a citizen of the United States, and e resident oi? Huntington, in the county oi Huntington and State of Indianmheveinvented :i new and useful Coal Chute, which inven tion is fully set forth in the following specification.

This invention. relates particularly to grade-line coal chutes tor installation in buildings with little or no foundation shove the ground, such. :is apartments, stores and cities buildings, and low set or terraced homes.

The object of the invention is the provision of e simple, improved and highly ellicient chute elf this character, the door of which when raised forms part of the chute hopper and becomes a shield which protects the building. l

The invention. is fully described in the :lollowing specification and a preferred e1nhodiinent thereof is illustrated in the eccoinpnnying drawings, in which,

Figure 1] is a perspective view Oil the chute embodying the invention, with the door in open pt'isition. l? 2 is at side elevnl'ion thereof with the door open and with e part broken away.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the chute or hopper body, which, in the pres ent instance, is rectangular in vertical cross section and is of L-ttorin in vertical-longitudinel section with the horizontally or inwardly projecting leg thereof adapted to project invmrdly through it well opening and being open at its inner end, and with its other end provided with 2i top opening 2 and adapted to project upward at the outer side of the associated well. to the gradeline. The bottom oi? the chute body is inclined downward and inward and the outer open end of the body is provided with a trzune 3 forming the opening 2.

A door .t is hinged at its inner edge to the inner edge oil. the top frame 8 or at the edge thereof adjacent to the associated well, therelriy permitting the door to he swung up at the inner side of the opening 2 in protecting relation to the well. A wing 5 is secured to the inner side of the door 4i; zidjze cent to each side edge thcreol and is oi? a length or size to adapt it to extend to and partially into the adjacent side portions of the opening 2 when the door is in open Serial No. 630,196.

position, therehy causing the door and its wings, when raiser, to term port of the hopper. The outer :lront edges oil? the wings 5- are shown as being rounded to adapt them to turn down into the chute body when the door is closed, and the inner rear corner portion oft each wing is notched or cut away at 6 to adapt portions of the wings to project within the horizontally projecting leg portion oi? the chute under the top wall thereot when the door is closed. One or hoth oil the wings 5 may he provided at its outer side with it catch 7 tor engagement over the top of the Frame when the door is in open position to hold it in such position, llhere is sullicient spring to the wings 5 to permit them to be sprung inward to release the engagement of the catches 7 from the frame top when it is desired to close the door.

A flanged or angle iron strip 8 is secured to the inner side of the door 41: crosswise thereof adjacent to its inner edge and an apron 9 loosely hinged at its upper edge to the strip 8 so that when the door is in open position the spron will hang down from the door at short distance into the rear portion oi the hopper opening 52 in engagement with the rear edge well oi the trains 3 and in protecting or covering relation to the crack or opening 10 between the inner lower edge of the door and the top frame. The apron 9 is of U--for1n so as to provide wings or ihinges 11 at the ends thereof which project :lorwerd adjacent to the door wings 5 and in protecting or covering reletion to the corner openings 6 of the door wine's. ll hen the door is closed the apron 9 swings down into the chute. it is evident that the apron l) in liddition to preventing small pieces oil coal from passing through the openings (5 and 10 when the door is opened also directs any coal or other ninttcr striking thercngeinst down over the inner rear edge of the top frame 3.

l wish it undcrstooi'l theti'ny invention is not limited to any specific construction orrangenient or term of the parts, as it is upside of embodiment in DUTIIGI'OHS forms without departing from the spirit of the chi i in s.

Having thus described my invention, what It claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters lletent, is,

l. A chute of the class described, having position. 7

an upwardly direct-ed top opening, 'a door hinged "to the top at one edge of the said opening and adapted to be raised to upright openposition, wings projecting from the inner side ';of the door adjacent to its side edges and being of a length to project substantially into the chute opening when the door is in raised position, whereby the door and wings form a directing hopper for the chute, one of said wings being capable of inward'springingmovements, and means carried by said last mentioned wing and adapted to have catch engagement with the chute 'top 'to retain the door in open position'andfto-be releasedby an inward springing of the wing.

2. Achute'of "the class described having an upwardly directed top opening at its outerend, a'door {hinged to the top at one edge of the opening and adapted to be raised to upright open positionyand a protecting apron pivotallyattached totheinner sideo'f-the door and'adapted to'hang dOWll? ward therefrom into the rear edge portion of "the opening 'when'the door is in open 3. A chute' 'ofthe class described having an upwardly directed top opening at its outer end, a doorhinged'to the chute-at one edge of the opening and adapt'ed'to beraised to upright open position, wings projecting from the inner side of the door adjacent to its side edges and adapted to extend forward from the door and down into the chute opening when the door is in raised position, and an apron hinged to the inner side of the door and adapted to hang downward therefrom into the rear edge portion of the chute opening when the door is open and having end flanges which project forward in adjacent relation to the inner sides of said wings.

'4. A chute of the class described having an'upwardly directed top opening in its outer end, a door hinged to the chute topat one edgeof said'opening and adapted to be placed in upright open position, wings projecting from the inner side of-the door near the side edges thereof and extending forward therefrom and down into the re- 1 signed my name to this specification.

'WILLIAM D. REDRUP. 

